The Most Interesting Plants

Prepared by

Erva SAYAR,

Berke UÇAR,

Berat GÜNDOĞDU

Supervisor

Fatma BARLAS

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Let’s start with our endemic plants ! ! !

Endemic plants grow in a local area but don’t grow in other places of the

world. Turkey has got a rich natural habitat. Turkey has got 10.000 diffe-

rent plant species and 3.000 endemic plants. There are about 350.000

plant species of the plants kingdom in the world. Our country is a very im-

portant treasure in terms of plants diversity. While all Europe has got

12.000 plant species, our country has got about 10.000 plant species.

The reason of plants diversity in Turkey is that Turkey has different climate

and soil features.

(http://www.kazimcapaci.com/FR_endemikcicekler.htm)

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Cirsium Steriolepis Petrak

The family of Cirsium Steriolepis Petrak is Compositae. It grows about 1

metre tall. It flowers in July and August. It is endemic to Kazdağ. The risk

and conservation status is critically endangered.

Tümen, G. , Dirmenci, T., Satıl, F. (2007). Kazdağı Milli Parkı Çiçekli Bitkileri (Wild Flowers of Kazdağ National

Park), Zeytinli Belediyesi, Balıkesir.

http://www.kazdaglari.com/bitkiler/kazdag/kazdag.html

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Dracunculus Vulgaris

The family of Dracunculus Vulgaris

is Araceae. It grows up to 25-50 cm

tall. It flowers in June and July. And

it grows in open rocky places at

1500 meters height.

Tümen, G. , Dirmenci, T., Satıl, F. (2007). Kazdağı Milli Parkı Çiçekli Bitkileri (Wild Flowers of Kazdağ National

Park), Zeytinli Belediyesi, Balıkesir.

http://www.kazdaglari.com/bitkiler/kazdag/kazdag.html

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Asperula Sintenisii

The family of Asperula sintenisii

is Rubiaceae. It grows up to 2

cm tall. It flowers in July and Au-

gust.It lives in the forest rocky

places at 1600-1750 meters

height.

Tümen, G. , Dirmenci, T., Satıl, F. (2007). Kazdağı Milli Parkı Çiçekli Bitkileri (Wild Flowers of Kazdağ National

Park), Zeytinli Belediyesi, Balıkesir.

http://www.kazdaglari.com/bitkiler/kazdag/kazdag.html

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Matthiola trojana

The family of Matthiola troja-

na is Cruciferae. It grows at

1500-1600 meters height

and on open rocky slop. It

grows up to 5 cm.

Tümen, G. , Dirmenci, T., Satıl, F. (2007). Kazdağı Milli Parkı Çiçekli Bitkileri (Wild Flowers of Kazdağ National

Park), Zeytinli Belediyesi, Balıkesir.

http://www.kazdaglari.com/bitkiler/kazdag/kazdag.html

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Muscari bourgaei Baker

The family of Muscari bourgaei Baker is Liliaceae.

They can reach at 15 cm tall. They usually have got

15-40 flowers. They come into flowers between May

and July. They take places in mountain stony slopes

at between 1500 and 3000 meters height. The risk

and conservation status of them is least concern.

Tümen, G. , Dirmenci, T., Satıl, F. (2007). Kazdağı Milli Parkı Çiçekli Bitkileri (Wild Flowers

of Kazdağ National Park), Zeytinli Belediyesi, Balıkesir.

http://www.kazdaglari.com/bitkiler/kazdag/kazdag.html

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Crocus Gargaricus Herbert

The family of Crocus gargaricus is Irida-

ceae. They take place at 1300 meters high

and in damp pastures and sparse pinewo-

ods. They blossom orange and dark yellow

in April and May. The risk and conserva-

tion status of them is near threatened.

Tümen, G. , Dirmenci, T., Satıl, F. (2007). Kazdağı Milli Parkı Çiçekli Bitki-

leri (Wild Flowers of Kazdağ National Park), Zeytinli Belediyesi, Balıkesir.

http://www.kazdaglari.com/bitkiler/kazdag/kazdag.html

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Silene bolanthoides Quezel

The family of Silene bolanthoides is

Caryophyllaceae. They take place at

1700 meters high. They flower in June

and July.T hey grow up to 2-3cm. The

risk and conservation status of them

is critically endangered.

Tümen, G. , Dirmenci, T., Satıl, F. (2007). Kazdağı Milli Parkı Çiçekli Bitkileri (Wild Flowers of Kazdağ National

Park), Zeytinli Belediyesi, Balıkesir.

http://www.kazdaglari.com/bitkiler/kazdag/kazdag.html

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Let’s go on the most interesting plants!!!!!

This part contains the most beautiful, poisonous, dangerous and the worst

smelled plants in the world. So these plants are the most interesting plants

for us. We explore and write about some of them here!

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http://www.cicekansiklopedisi.com/ceset-cicegi-amorphophallus-titanum/

http://www.bitkitohum.com/2011/04/dunyann-en-

This plant has the worst smell in the world and is

the biggest flower. It was discovered by Oroardo

Beccari in Sumatru Rainforest in Indonesia in

1878. It grows up to about 3 meters high. It flowers

once in 4 years. It gives off the bad smell to hunt

bees, flies and insects.

Amorphophallus Titanum

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Rosary Pea

The rosary pea may sound cute and

sweet but it is one of the most dange-

rous plant on earth. The family of Rosary

Pea is Fabaceae. The plant is native to

Indonesia and grows in tropical and

subtropical areas of the world. Its seeds

contain a particular lectin known as ab-

rin; when it is chewed and swallowed, it

kills in a short time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrus_precatorius

http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2008/09/16/

16-most-unassuming-yet-lethal-killer-plants/

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Strychnine Tree

The family of Strychnine Tree is

Loganiaceae. They are native

to Southeast Asia. They are

always green and contain alko-

loid as a toxic material. It is

said that Queen Cleopatra

used a strychnine tree’s fruit

seeds for her own suicide.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnos_nux-vomica

http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2008/09/16/16-most-unassuming-yet

-lethal-killer-plants/

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Daphne

The family of Daphne is Thymelaea-

ceae. They range in colour from gree-

nish-yellow to white, bright pink and

purple. Most of the ever green species

have greenish flowers, while the de-

ciduous species tend to have pink

flowers. One species, Daphne papyra-

cea, the Lokta plant, is sustainably

harvested in Nepal for paper produc-

tion. If you eat its leaves, you may vo-

mit, bleed, coma and die. It is rich in

the toxin mezerein.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphne_(plant)

http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2008/09/16/16-most-assuming-

yet-lethal-killer-plants/

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Monkshood

The family of Monkshood is Ranuncu-

laceae. This species is very poisonous.

It grows up to 50-199 cm. The flowers

of Monkshood can be yellow, purple

and blue. Most are tall and long-lived

plants. They are native to moist moun-

tainous regions of the Northern He-

misphere. There are about 250 spe-

cies, although only a handful are com-

monly grown as ornamentals.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/805/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum

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